2005-08-08 - 12:05 p.m.
Project day
I am in an insane project phase of working on the jacket, and it's all I can think about, so I'm not really up to being amusing much. Plus, work got busy again. Thanks to Bob, I now have a rating systems for projects - welcome to the Laurel's guide to project impossibility: 1 laurel wreath: A newcomer could do the project with a 50/50 chance of success, and an apprentice could do it easily. Related project skills will likely be taught at any random Atlantian University, and materials will be available at your local craft store. 2 laurel wreaths: An apprentice with mild cognitive issues might have some small problems with executing the project, but someone with a serious Pearl jones will battle through with a reasonable rate of success. Topic will be taught every now and then at a University. Project materials will be easily available through specialty catalogs, and documentation will be available with minimal book/internet research. 3 laurel wreaths: Difficult enough that you will draw blood at least once, and call up your laurel crying at least twice. Project materials will be expensive and require special ordering, and documentation may be harder to find, neccessitating a trip to a major library. 4 laurel wreaths: You'll be throwing this project out and starting over from scratch at least once, and you might end up needing stitches/a trip to the emergency room for accidental poisoning. Materials will have to be adapted/gathered in raw form and processed, and the documentation, while locatable in a modern book, has to be translated from another language. 5 Laurel wreaths: Experienced laurels have tried this project and failed, but if you can live with missing fingers and a slight but noticable limp, this project will make your reputation. Materials will be life-endangeringly difficult to make, and all existing documentation is encased in the rare books section of a library in a foreign country.
Dorsal - Ventral
Funnier than me: James Lileks disclaimer!
all words copyright Laura Mellin 2000-2005
Diarist.net!
Designed by Gen
|